2015 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit explained

Event:	Men's team pursuit
Championship:	2015 UEC European Track Championships
Venue:	Velodrome Suisse, Grenchen
Date:	14-15 October
Competitors:	63
Nations:	14
Gold:	Jon Dibben Owain Doull Andy Tennant Bradley Wiggins Steven Burke Matthew Gibson
Goldnoc:	GBR
Silver:	Silvan Dillier Stefan Küng Frank Pasche Théry Schir
Silvernoc:	SUI
Bronze:	Lasse Norman Hansen Daniel Hartvig Casper Pedersen Rasmus Quaade Mathias Møller Nielsen
Bronzenoc:	DEN
Prev:	2014
Next:	2016

The Men's team pursuit was held on 14-15 October 2015.

Results

Qualifying

The fastest 8 teams qualify for the first round, from which the top 4 remain in contention for the gold medal final and the other 4 for the bronze medal final.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1			3:57.277	Q, CR
2			3:59.026	Q
3			4:00.735	Q
4			4:01.152	Q
5			4:02.319	q
6			4:02.341	q
7			4:02.459	q
8			4:02.884	q
9			4:03.271
10			4:03.864
11			4:04.878
12			4:09.127
13			4:10.599
14			4:11.539

• Q = qualified; in contention for gold medal final
• q = qualified; in contention for bronze medal final

First round

First round heats are held as follows:
Heat 1: 6th v 7th qualifier
Heat 2: 5th v 8th qualifier
Heat 3: 2nd v 3rd qualifier
Heat 4: 1st v 4th qualifier

The winners of heats 3 and 4 proceed to the gold medal final.The remaining 6 teams are ranked on time, then proceed to the finals for bronze, 5th or 7th place.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	3			3:56.791	QG, CR
2	4			3:57.513	QG
3	2			3:56.960	QB
4				3:58.940	QB
5		Viktor Manakov Sergey Shilov Dmitry Sokolov Kirill Sveshnikov		4:00.380	Q5
6	1			4:01.026	Q5
7				4:01.192	Q7
8				4:01.211	Q7

• QG = qualified for gold medal final
• QB = qualified for bronze medal final
• Q5 = qualified for 5th place final
• Q7 = qualified for 7th place final

Finals

The final classification is determined in the ranking finals.^[3]

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
Final for 7th place
7			4:01.040
8			4:03.808
Final for 5th place
5			4:00.933
6	Alexander Serov Sergey Shilov Dmitry Sokolov Kirill Sveshnikov		4:01.299
Bronze medal final
			3:57.930
4			3:59.041
Gold medal final
			3:55.243	CR
			3:57.245

Notes and References

1. News: Qualifying . Tissot Timing . 14 October 2015 . 21 October 2016.
2. News: First Round . Tissot Timing . 15 October 2015 . 21 October 2016.
3. News: Results and Final Classification . Tissot Timing . 15 October 2015 . 21 October 2016.